Burglary suspect killed by police ID'd

Tuesday

Feb 26, 2013 at 12:01 AM

FRENCH CAMP - Gary Allen Hawkins, 33, of Stockton was identified Monday as the burglary suspect shot and killed by law enforcement officers Saturday night after they said he tried to run them down in a stolen Mercedes, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported.

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FRENCH CAMP - Gary Allen Hawkins, 33, of Stockton was identified Monday as the burglary suspect shot and killed by law enforcement officers Saturday night after they said he tried to run them down in a stolen Mercedes, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported.

Hawkins was reported shot by both a county deputy and a Stockton police officer in the 200 block of South Adelbert Avenue while they were assigned to the Countywide Gang Task Force and were attempting to approach him after pulling over the vehicle, which was believed to have been involved in an armed robbery Friday.

After Hawkins was shot, he was pulled from the Mercedes, and a loaded handgun was discovered in his waistband, the Sheriff's Office reported. An ambulance took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 9 p.m. Saturday.

A multiagency investigation is being conducted. The names of the deputy and the police officer will not be released until after they have served three days of administrative leave, which is standard procedure in officer-involved shootings, sheriff's Deputy Les Garcia said.